Taking of Pelham 123 2009, ***1/2, R

Starring: John Travolta, Denzel Washington, John Tururro, James Gandolfini

The remake is better the original with the late Walter Mathau, due to more action, and comedic one liners, in this Scott-Free Production.Walter Garber (Washington) plays a transit dispatcher who runs into a snag; a group of hijackers on one of the lines he looks over, Pelham 123.

Garber is a supervisor temporarily demoted while being investigated for bribery. Ryder (Travolta) the showman of the hijackers, demands $10 million within an hour, or he’ll start shooting hostages. He’ll deal only with Garber. The mayor (Gandolfini) okays the payoff, the news of the hostage situation sends the stock market tumbling, and it’s unclear what Ryder really wants or if Garber is part of the deal.

I thought this movie was a decent action flick to watch.I would recommend watching it at least once.Travolta and Washington make a quite a good pair.